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{{Infobox film
{{Infobox film
| name = The Sands of Kurobe
| name = The Sands of Kurobe
| image =
| image = Kurobe no Taiyō.jpg
| caption =
| caption = Film poster
| director = [[Kei Kumai]]
| director = [[Kei Kumai]]
| producer = [[Akira Nakai]]
| producer = [[Akira Nakai]]
| writer = [[Masato Ide]]<br>Kei Kumai<br>[[Sôjirô Motoki]] <small>(story)</small>
| writer = [[Masato Ide]]<br>Kei Kumai<br>[[Shōji Kimoto]] <small>(story)</small>
| starring = [[Toshiro Mifune]]
| starring = [[Toshiro Mifune]]
| music =
| music =
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| editing =
| editing =
| distributor =
| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|1968|3|1}}
| released = {{Film date|1968|2|17}}
| runtime = 196 minutes
| runtime = 196 minutes
| country = Japan
| country = Japan
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{{nihongo|'''''The Sands of Kurobe'''''|黒部の太陽|Kurobe no Taiyō}} is a 1968 Japanese [[drama film]] directed by [[Kei Kumai]]. It was Japan's submission to the [[41st Academy Awards]] for the [[Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film]], but was not accepted as a nominee.<ref name="SubmissionList">{{cite web|url=http://www.eiren.org/academy/data.html|title=List of Japanese films nominated for Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film|language=Japanese|publisher=Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan|accessdate=2008-06-22}}</ref><ref>Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences</ref>
{{nihongo|'''''The Sands of Kurobe'''''|黒部の太陽|Kurobe no Taiyō}} is a 1968 Japanese [[drama film]] directed by [[Kei Kumai]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://kotobank.jp/word/%E9%BB%92%E9%83%A8%E3%81%AE%E5%A4%AA%E9%99%BD-688575|title=黒部の太陽|publisher=kotobank |access-date=15 February 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sankei.co.jp/enak/2007/glace/may/kiji/23obits_kumaikei.html|title=映画監督の熊井啓氏が死去|publisher=Fuji Sankei Shinbun|access-date=2 November 2019}}</ref>
It is an adaptation of the novel The Sun of Kurobe (黒部の太陽; Kurobe no Taiyō) that dramatizes the construction of the massive [[Kurobe Dam]], the tallest [[List of dams in Japan|dam in Japan]]. The film was Japan's submission to the [[41st Academy Awards]] for the [[Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film]], but was not accepted as a nominee.<ref name="SubmissionList">{{cite web|url=http://www.eiren.org/academy/data.html|title=List of Japanese films nominated for Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film|language=Japanese|publisher=Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan|access-date=2008-06-22}}</ref><ref>Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences</ref> Produced by its stars [[Toshiro Mifune]] and [[Yujiro Ishihara]], the film's first run in cinemas lasted for a month, significantly longer than the week or ten days that films at that time usually ran in Japan.<ref>{{cite book|title=The End of Japanese Cinema: Industrial Genres, National Times, and Media Ecologies |first=Alexander |last=Zahlten |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=D74zDwAAQBAJ&q=%22sands+OF+Kurobe%22&pg=PT70 |year=2017 |isbn=9780822372462 |publisher=Duke University Press}}</ref>


==Cast==
==Cast==
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* [[Takeshi Katō (actor)|Takeshi Katō]] as Kunikida
* [[Takeshi Katō (actor)|Takeshi Katō]] as Kunikida
* [[Sumio Takatsu]] as Ōno
* [[Sumio Takatsu]] as Ōno
* [[Tappie Shimokawa]]
* [[Asao Sano]]
* [[Mizuho Suzuki]] as Senda
* [[Eijirō Yanagi]] as Fujimura
* [[Eijirō Yanagi]] as Fujimura
* [[Akira Yamauchi]] as Tsukamoto
* [[Akira Yamanouchi]] as Tsukamoto
* [[Masao Shimizu]] as Tayama
* [[Hideaki Nitani]] as Odagiri


==See also==
==See also==
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*{{imdb title|id=0062798|title=Kurobe no Taiyō}}


{{Japanese submissions for the Academy Award}}
{{Kei Kumai}}
{{Kei Kumai}}


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Latest revision as of 04:53, 6 September 2024

The Sands of Kurobe
Film poster
Directed byKei Kumai
Written byMasato Ide
Kei Kumai
Shōji Kimoto (story)
Produced byAkira Nakai
StarringToshiro Mifune
CinematographyMitsuji Kanau
Release date
  • February 17, 1968 (1968-02-17)
Running time
196 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

The Sands of Kurobe (黒部の太陽, Kurobe no Taiyō) is a 1968 Japanese drama film directed by Kei Kumai.[1][2] It is an adaptation of the novel The Sun of Kurobe (黒部の太陽; Kurobe no Taiyō) that dramatizes the construction of the massive Kurobe Dam, the tallest dam in Japan. The film was Japan's submission to the 41st Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but was not accepted as a nominee.[3][4] Produced by its stars Toshiro Mifune and Yujiro Ishihara, the film's first run in cinemas lasted for a month, significantly longer than the week or ten days that films at that time usually ran in Japan.[5]

Cast

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "黒部の太陽". kotobank. Retrieved 15 February 2020.
  2. ^ "映画監督の熊井啓氏が死去". Fuji Sankei Shinbun. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
  3. ^ "List of Japanese films nominated for Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film" (in Japanese). Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan. Retrieved 2008-06-22.
  4. ^ Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
  5. ^ Zahlten, Alexander (2017). The End of Japanese Cinema: Industrial Genres, National Times, and Media Ecologies. Duke University Press. ISBN 9780822372462.
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